Category: Wrestling Observer Radio

Wrestling Observer Radio: Sammy vs. Andrade altercation, three-year anniversary Dynamite, Inoki and more

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Wrestling Observer Radio with Bryan Alvarez and Dave Meltzer is back with tons to talk about including the Sammy Guevara vs. Andrade incident backstage at AEW, the three-year anniversary Dynamite, NXT, more on Antonio Inoki, ratings and more. A packed show as always so check it out~!

Timestamps:

Start: Andrade/Sammy Guevara fight

18:56: AEW signs Bandido

24:22: Antonio Inoki and Roland Bock clarification

29:48: Memphis Tales from the Territories episode

32:16: Ratings

40:46: Kevin Holland unretiring

41:03: AEW Dynamite recap

1:02:48: NXT recap

1:12:48: Antonio Inoki bio set for this week’s Observer

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Wrestling Observer Radio: More on Inoki, RAW report, AEW and NXT previews, ratings, more!

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Wrestling Observer Radio with Bryan Alvarez and Dave Meltzer is back with tons to talk about including more Inoki questions from the mailbag, Royal Rumble ticket sales, ratings, NXT and AEW Dynamite previews, RAW report and tons more. A fun show as always so check it out~!

Timestamps:

Start: Royal Rumble tickets, NXT & AEW Dynamite previews, Andrade

4:44: Ratings

7:00: Mark Zuckerburg/UFC/Dana White

11:05: IWGP Women’s Championship tournament update

12:32: Antonio Inoki questions

29:47: Raw report

50:08: Extreme Rules rundown

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Wrestling Observer Radio: Antonio Inoki Q&A, SmackDown & Rampage thoughts

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Wrestling Observer Radio returns with plenty to talk about including an extensive Q&A following the passing of Antonio Inoki, Space TV and AEW, Daniel Cormier to WWE Extreme Rules, WWE Raw and AEW Dynamite lineups, SmackDown ratings notes and recaps, plus thoughts on this past weekend’s NJPW Royal Quest, Stardom, Bellator, and more. 

A fun show as always so check it out~!

Timestamps:

Start: More on Antonio Inoki, Q&A

36:02: AEW no longer airing on Space, excluding Brazil

41:20: Raw preview

46:26: AEW Dynamite preview

48:17: Ratings

54:03: Bellator thoughts, Stardom and NJPW rundown

1:05:49: Rampage thoughts

1:10:02: SmackDown thoughts

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Wrestling Observer Radio: Antonio Inoki passes away, Evan Husney talks Tales from the Territories

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Dave Meltzer and I are back on Wrestling Observer Radio.

Evan Husney, Executive Producer of Dark Side of the Ring joins us to talk about his new project with Jason Eisener and Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson’s Seven Bucks Productions, Tales from the Territories.

Before we talk to Evan, we discuss the passing of Antonio Inoki. Dave talks about his legacy. We also talk about a new documentary coming out on Vince McMahon and AEW ticket sales woes.

Topics with Evan include:

  • The difference between the new project and Dark Side of the Ring
  • How The Rock’s Seven Bucks became involved
  • How the Jerry Lawler/Andy Kaufman story became its own episode
  • Which territories are going to be covered
  • If Dark Side is going to continue

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Wrestling Observer Radio: AEW and NXT, ratings, tons of MMA news, weekend preview

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Wrestling Observer Radio with Bryan Alvarez and Dave Meltzer is back with tons to talk about including ratings, Stardom this weekend, UFC and Bellator and Conor and the PFL Championships on PPV and more MMA news, then full recaps of AEW Dynamite and NXT! A fun show as always so check it out~!

Timestamps:

Start: Raw ratings

2:28: Stardom PPV thoughts

8:26: UFC, Bellator, PFL this weekend

24:54: Bob Steckle passes away

29:28: More on ratings

37:39: AEW Dynamite review

1:07:29: NXT review

1:21:00: AEW Rampage spoilers

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Wrestling Observer Radio: RAW, Drew McIntyre, AEW and NXT previews, Tony Khan on releases, more

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Wrestling Observer Radio with Bryan Alvarez and Dave Meltzer is back with tons to talk about including RAW from Monday night, an update on Drew McIntyre, ratings including huge Smackdown numbers, Tony Khan lays the hammer down on releases, the line-up for Dynamite and NXT, New Japan notes and tons more. A fun show as always so check it out~!

Timestamps:

Start: Drew McIntyre health update, more on SmackDown fireball angle

2:48: SmackDown scores high rating, the latest regarding the “White Rabbit”, other ratings notes

11:47: Malakai Black says he’s not being released, Tony Khan says no one is being released

16:26: AEW Dynamite & NXT previews

24:08: NJPW Royal Quest II lineups

34:34: Vikingo expected to get visa, TripleMania lineup

37:34: Raw report

57:50: Mailbag

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Wrestling Observer Radio: McIntyre, Veer, Buddy Matthews, Smackdown and Rampage, more!

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Wrestling Observer Radio with Bryan Alvarez and Dave Meltzer is back with tons to talk about including updates on Drew McIntyre, Buddy Matthews and Veer, RAW Monday, a ton of great matches in Japan, New Japan Kobe results, Smackdown overnights, Rampage and Smackdown reviews and more. A fun show as always so check it out~!

Timestamps:

Start: Buddy Matthews reportedly leaving AEW

14:43: Drew McIntyre health update

17:48: Veer returning to NXT, SmackDown fast nationals

22:14: Raw preview

24:57: Raw DX reunion without Billy Gunn

26:58: NJPW Burning Spirit recap

32:30: Eddie Hearn suing Jake Paul for defamation

35:46: WWE SmackDown thoughts

51:00: AEW Rampage thoughts

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Wrestling Observer Radio: AEW in the Bay Area, Rampage & SmackDown

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Dave Meltzer and I are back on Wrestling Observer Radio going over the news in this week’s Wrestling Observer Newsletter.

Topics include:

  • News of AEW coming to the Bay Area
  • AEW Dynamite and WWE RAW ratings going up against heavy network competition
  • Dave’s latest two-month analysis on WWE and AEW business
  • WWE & Hulu
  • Thoughts on Rampage and SmackDown
  • Jon Moxley vs. Juice Robinson
  • Early WON HOF discussion

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